Vesa Ollilainen
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English is not my mother tongue. So, I am wondering what is the meaning of brass in the headline. I know well that brass is a metal alloy composed of copper and zinc, but has it some other meaning, too?
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Jeannette Hartman
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Joan Brigham
A brass verdict means justice was served, just not in the courtroom.
Mcfearsons
i think u should read the book to discover the meaning of the title.
If you read it and you still don't understand, then here's my take:
the point of the title is that brass is stronger than the wooden gavel when it comes to justice.
we (the u.s.) created and still uphold a system to punish injustice, yet the purest punishment, Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller suggest, for when you don't need a jury to tell you someone did something, is the one that happens not by the wrath of the gavel, but by the brass - bullets. "live by the bullet die by the bullet" they say, is how "real" justice works. even though we have an elaborate system to deal with injustice, sometimes punishment plays out in a simpler way - sometimes justice sorts itself out without the help of gavels and juries and lawyers.
If you read it and you still don't understand, then here's my take:
the point of the title is that brass is stronger than the wooden gavel when it comes to justice.
we (the u.s.) created and still uphold a system to punish injustice, yet the purest punishment, Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller suggest, for when you don't need a jury to tell you someone did something, is the one that happens not by the wrath of the gavel, but by the brass - bullets. "live by the bullet die by the bullet" they say, is how "real" justice works. even though we have an elaborate system to deal with injustice, sometimes punishment plays out in a simpler way - sometimes justice sorts itself out without the help of gavels and juries and lawyers.
MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕
It's a reference to bullets. In the states, bullets are referred to as brass.
Maria Rose
The reference is to another kind of justice that cannot be given in a court of law. In some places, it may be the only way--to literally take care of the criminal.
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